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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Blessed Mother Teresa- inspiration & hope for all

Perhaps it is the January doldrums, but I find myself severely lacking in love in action with family and friends. Blessed Mother Teresa is always an inspiration when it comes to repairing my sinful nature. I hope she will inspire you dear readers as well.

"Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between."

12 comments:

I think you had total "love in action" recently when you hosted family overnight for family members. We will be standing up for life in front of the state capitol ( a prayerful and peaceful demonstration as usual) on the 25th or perhaps the 26th. Thanks for your generosity in putting up with family recently and for marching for life.

Yea, it's me. The big rally for life is going to be in Portland. But we've decided to stand in front of the capitol in Salem (perhaps with some other family members) So, no I won't be setting up the stage (borrowed from Regis).

I've only seen one local DC newspaper in the mention the March for Life. The President's 2nd inauguration appears to be the bigger event. However, there are more hotel bookings for the March than the inauguration!

Thank you for this wonderful reminder of Mother Teresa's sublime life. Her life shows of love's great power. I will indeed strive to "Spread love everywhere I go. And let no one ever come to me without leaving happier."

Almighty & eternal God,who created us in Thy image& bade us to seek after all that is good, true & beautiful,especially in the divine person of Thy Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop & Doctor,during our journeys through the Internetwe will direct our hands & eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee& treat with charity & patience all those souls whom we encounter.Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, thou didst promise to abide with us always. Thou dost call all Christians to draw near and partake of Thy Body and Blood. But our sin has divided us and we have no power to partake of Thy Holy Eucharist together. We confess this our sin and we pray Thee, forgive us and help us to serve the ways of reconciliation, according to Thy Will. Kindle our hearts with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Give us the spirit of Wisdom and faith, of daring and of patience, of humility and firmness, of love and of repentance, through the prayers of the most blessed Mother of God and of all the saints. Amen. – Fr Sergius Bulgakov

O Merciful Lord Jesus, Our Savior, hear the prayers and petitions of Your unworthy sinful servants who humbly call upon You and make us all to be one in Your one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Flood our souls with Your unquenchable light. Put an end to religious disagreements, and grant that we Your disciples and Your beloved children may all worship You with a single heart and voice. Fulfill quickly, O grace-giving Lord, your promise that there shall be one flock and one Divine Shepherd of Your Church; and may we be made worthy to glorify Your Holy Name now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen. – Bl. Leonid Fedorov

It is too true that I who write about the devout life am not myself devout, but most certainly I am not without the wish to become so, and it is this wish which encourages me to teach you. A notable literary man has said that a good way to learn is to study, a better to listen, and the best to teach. And Saint Augustine, writing to the devout Flora, says, that giving is a claim to receive, and teaching a way to learn. -St. Francis de Sales